A/Prof Mike Reid wants to deliver the best care for patients and the GP community in Ipswich. At OSSEM we know that GPs are increasingly busy, and we want to work with you to make sure your patients get the best care possible. We will never chase you for an updated referral or send you “please follow up these results”, or “please arrange xyz tests”. 

 

Instead, we will manage everything and return the patient to you with a comprehensive clinic letter and sensible discharge summary. Mike’s wife Lynne Reid (a local GP) is helping Dr Reid run the clinic. Together they aim to work with patients and GPs to offer a streamlined approach and great access to specialist care. We pledge to work closely with local GPs, be available on the phone for doctor-to-doctor advice and make your life as easy as possible.

We accept referrals directly from physiotherapists to streamline access to a consultant opinion and appropriate imaging such as MRIs. 

 

We are committed to working closely with our physiotherapy colleagues and will communicate all findings and suggested treatments to you and the patients usual GP. 

 

We do not replace the patient’s usual doctor but can facilitate rapid access to our clinic, via our OSSEM GP team. We will then liaise with both the physio and patient’s GP to make sure that everyone is kept in the loop.

We will happily take referrals straight from ED colleagues (nurses and doctors). If there is an acute injury that can be managed in the community by one of our GPs or a specialist orthopaedic surgeon, we will aim to see same day and arrange appropriate investigations, treatment, and follow up. 

 

The hope is that we can take some of the burden off of ED and treat more acute musculoskeletal injuries in the community. This includes fractures, ACLs, meniscal injuries, sprains etc. Let us know how we can help. We work on weekends and evenings too.